[Sca-cooks] OT: Lutheran Binder

[Mem Morman]

Adamantius wrote:

>Please realize I'm not just questioning this out of hand, but would you

>say the term "hotdish" is more characteristic of the MidWest, of
>Lutherans, or specifically of MidWestern Lutherans? (Yes, I know you
>don't live in the MidWest, but Garrison Keillor does, more or less.)

>I ask because we have a fair number of Lutherans around here on the
East
>Coast, but I've never heard the term used except on this list.

While I question your non-identifiation of Colorado with the mid-west, I
agree that "hotdish" is a northern midwest term (Minnesota, Iowa, the
Dakotas, Nebraska) - maybe a Plains States term.  And probably does have
a Scandanavian cultural (but not linguistic) origin.  Since the
Scandanavians had a great deal to do with homesteading these states in
the late 19th and early 20th century, and since most Scandanavians were
Lutheran... well, I think you can draw a conclusion.

Tuna noodle hotdish is good.  Hashbrown hotdish is heavenly.

elaina